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Post by runitupthemiddle on Mar 29, 2017 12:40:18 GMT -6
I've also had a head coach tell the staff, if you can get everything we need done from home, stay home , just come help to laundry and clean Fieidhouse and leave. BUT your crap better be ready to go when we meet Sunday to finalize the game plan. Or it's your tail end. On another note, where I am at now, there is so much wasted time, before practice, during practice, hell just during the day. It's like nothing I've ever been apart of. Myself and the other assistant have tried to get the header to change but he only does when he high school coaches come down and tell him to. For get the fact that myself and the assistant have high school head coaching and coordinator experience , and this guy doesn't, he won't listen. One reason why I'm looking to move on. Not what I was lead to believe it was. It's my fault for not investigating the job more. What originally lead you to the place? And what are some concrete things you could have done to "investigate more" without tipping them off that you're investigating? if that makes sense lol Substantially more money, 12 thousand more to do junior High only, I should have tried to find out who all the volunteer coaches were. I was told we were a staff of 6-8, nope basically us 3. We had 2 volunteers that are other teachers just not in athletics, 1 would leave before the kids were off the field after practice, the other went awol for about 3 and half weeks in season. A guy from the community, kinda the get crunk coach, Had some personal reason and had to stop after week 5. And I was topped out where I was. There wasn't going to be any further chance to move up as far as assistant head or full fledge coordinator, and they weren't going to move me to the hs to teach history. Even though i had more experience in all they above then anybody at the high school. Everyone else was home towners. So it would take dramatic changes with adm and people moving or retiring to get promoted up. Plus they were about to add more duties for NO pay. Really wasn't fired up about that.
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Mar 29, 2017 11:52:14 GMT -6
IDK how many of you have experienced this but every year I always have 2-3 of my laziest, non working don't know where the weight room is type of kids who always wear some kind of athletic apparel w/ an inspirational/$hit talking quote on their shirt like "I train for your pain" or "Football is Life" or some other crap they wear but I haven't seen them break a sweat in year. A couple of months ago I saw one of my laziest wear a shirt that said "Can't stop Won't stop" at his lunch table. I pulled a d!ck move in front of his buddies and said "Can't stop won't stop? When did you start dude?" It wasn't appreciated but I enjoyed it. Had another kid come tell me that one of his teammates who never puts in an ounce of work sent him a screen shot of someone that got lit up in the Super Bowl and the lazy kid posted on the screen shot #weight room. Then sent it to a bunch of team mates. To their credit one of my guys responded "You mean the place you never go?" Was met w/ a bunch of profanities. We all had a good chuckle. I guess my sarcastic nature is rubbing off. Their not all snow flakes. Still some toughness out their. #wearashirt
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Mar 29, 2017 10:41:47 GMT -6
Lazy coaches, That won't do anything till the last minute and then claim to be super busy and work super hard, or coaches that aren't even close to be organized, and coaches that are pack rats and keep every little old uniform for 50 years or can't "find" the time to put up unis or equipment they said they were going to.
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Mar 29, 2017 10:20:54 GMT -6
Our conference has a rule, trade tapes need to already be odk when traded
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Mar 29, 2017 9:55:06 GMT -6
A lot of schools here in Arkansas, have gone to Wednesday morning 6am Practices. Lift last hour, and then 25 minutes of special teams in the afternoon and go home by 3:30 at the latest during the season.
Anyone else doing this?
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Mar 29, 2017 9:52:41 GMT -6
And if you keep a yearly file on each opponent, you might have most your scout cards already done.
It would be real hard if weights was included in this time. Last school we did light lifting and running in Sat. And film, 8:00-10:30. And Monday and Wednesday mornings, one group at 6:30, Other group at 7, and this rotated each week to make sure the same kids weren't always having to be the early group.
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Mar 29, 2017 9:48:21 GMT -6
the thread asking how many hours guys put in got me thinking, and I didn't want to hijack that thread so here's a hypothetical...be interesting to see the responses. let's say that some outside entity forced you to cut back on the hours that you spend in-season on football related work. Let's say you got 15 extra hours a week with the team and coaching staff together (not counting game nights) so that's a little over two hours each to get in all the work you need to prepare for that week, including game planning, practice, film etc. etc. What would you cut out? my list off the top of my head: 1) keep it at 2-3 opponent films that get broken down, hudl has kinda screwed us on this one, I like having a ton of film to watch on an opponent.....but tagging 8 films is a bit much..that would go first 2) player meetings to watch film by position group 3) watching practice film (especially late in the season) I'm sure I could come up with a few more, but those I think could save us a good 10 hours on a given week Need to delegate , delegate , delegate, If you don't have a big staff, might have to enroll in krossover or hudl breakdown for your own films And like one poster on the board said, start like a "hudl" class, then u basically have 10-15 GAs a year helping on film upload and tagging, U need to live tag your own to cut down on time as well.
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Mar 28, 2017 12:22:12 GMT -6
I've also had a head coach tell the staff, if you can get everything we need done from home, stay home , just come help to laundry and clean Fieidhouse and leave. BUT your crap better be ready to go when we meet Sunday to finalize the game plan. Or it's your tail end.
On another note, where I am at now, there is so much wasted time, before practice, during practice, hell just during the day. It's like nothing I've ever been apart of. Myself and the other assistant have tried to get the header to change but he only does when he high school coaches come down and tell him to. For get the fact that myself and the assistant have high school head coaching and coordinator experience , and this guy doesn't, he won't listen. One reason why I'm looking to move on. Not what I was lead to believe it was. It's my fault for not investigating the job more.
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Mar 28, 2017 9:55:26 GMT -6
I'm a varsity assistant and special teams coordinator at a school of about 600. I will count teaching time in my schedule as I do have time to watch film during the school day more often than not. During the season, my workday is essentially 7 a.m.-7p.m. Monday through Thursday and then 7 a.m. to midnight on Friday nights as all of our games are on Fridays here in Iowa. We do not formally meet as a staff on Saturdays but depending on opponent, I'll watch anywhere between 2 and 5 hours of film on my own and then we meet as a staff for 2-3 hours on Sunday. So, I guess that adds up to roughly 70 hours, depending on the Saturday load. ' I am a single guy with no family, but at the risk of sounding like a softie, I'm not a "grinder." I genuinely hate film study although obviously regard it as a necessity. I pretty much have to be done with football activities at 7 on weeknights and try to do very little Sunday afternoon. I've noticed I really need those mental break times. Follow-up question, how much effect do you think working these hours have in relations to you being single with no family? In other words, do you think it hinders your chances of starting up a family? I understand that you may not want a family at the moment by choice, but if you ever did want one, would these kind of hours be negatively affecting the chances of that from happening? Other coaches feel free to chime in, although this was a "general" post, I asked because for me, there is definitely a deeper meaning behind it for me. Well hopefully whonever someone with those hours meets, understands that is his career. I'm lucky, I have a great coaches wife, and when she became a a cheer coach for 3 years, she really got a feel of what goes on. Everyone at our school lifted all girls and all boys, so she was right there in the weight room to getting after the kids. Hell she knew and knows more about weight training then every girl coach we had, and half the coaches I meet. At my current school she would know more than everybody but me!
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Mar 28, 2017 9:47:42 GMT -6
Add in 45 minute commute too
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Mar 28, 2017 9:45:40 GMT -6
Use to put in a ton of hours before hudl and all the new technology. As a dc at high school and head junior high 7-9, before, it was an easy 60+ besides the regular class day 2a school, Oklahoma
Oc at a 2a, hours were crazy if we had away junior high games, we lifted in the mornings 4 days a week in season. So day started at 6 and went to 5:30-6 if there wasn't a game. I should add, my head coach worked for Bob in Texas. So he spent about the same as him hours wise.
Position coach at 4a school high school and 7th grade coach, probably 30-35 depending on if it was away games and jv that week. Co-oc at same 4a, about the same
Went to be a junior high coach at a 7a school this year, Arkansas. Practice till 5, Coached 41 games, and was on the headsets for 10 more high school. We still traded film for 9th grade. So about 10-15 hours a weekend planning for that, and scout reports. Only a 3 man staff for 7-9.
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Mar 28, 2017 9:36:38 GMT -6
In the winter and spring I put in about 55 to 60 hours a week and during the season about 90 to 95 hours a week. I spent 8 years at the HS level up north and we worked about the same number of hours. We are always trying to be efficient with our time, but the work must get done. To respond to your Texas comment, I moved to Texas about 10 years ago. There are great coaches everywhere. There are also bad coaches everywhere. The coach in the video is actually from Massachusetts I believe, and moved to Texas. The difference in Texas is support of programs and how they are valued. In Texas the facilities at the vast majority of places are top-notch. The programs have sustainable budgets that allow you to purchase a lot of new equipment every year. All coaches work in the building, and there are a lot of them. I am at a school of 700 right now and we have 13 football coaches. Nearly everyone has an athletic period with all of your kids, everyday. It isn't weight training, it is football and your entire team is in there. With all of his support comes a price. That price is job security. Every school expects to win. If you don't win you can be fired, and the new coach can often let coaches go if he has someone else he wants to bring in. Our contracts are dual contracts, so if we get non-renewed as a coach, we are on-renewed as a teacher. The game is the same, the kids are the same. There are great coaches everywhere and great programs everywhere. The big difference is support and importance within the school and community. There are schools up north that have that support, but down here that support is nearly everywhere. Yes, he read the book Friday night lights, when it first came out, sold his jeep, bought a motorcycle and drove to Texas, and started asking to volunteer.
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Mar 28, 2017 9:33:07 GMT -6
Saw this and got me thinking, how many of you guys here put in similar hours per week? How big is the disparity between HC and a position assistant coach? If yes, What state? Big or small HS? (Trying to see if it even matters) If no, What is your Role and how many hours do you think you put in per week? Example: Assistant - hours put in per week? Get back coach - 3 hours put in per week (yell at players to get back during friday night, etc) Bob is a machine, and a great coach.
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Mar 24, 2017 18:20:31 GMT -6
Take this for what it's worth but, anytime we have a positional need I go through my whole roster and try to find the strongest positon group (maybe 3 starting caliber corners for example) and then see which one I can move to a needed spot so we can still put talent on the field at the original postion but we're also not leaving talent on the bench. This has been pretty helpful. in 2014 we moved our 2nd best DE to LB. Kid was slow but intelligent and we had a 3rd quality DE so that worked out for us. That's right, don't leave talent on the bench. Just cause a kid is say the backup left guard, if he's better then your fullback move him to fb or tackle, whatever it might be, you have to figure out how to get the best 11 on the field at the same time. And the kid you have at guard that should be a natural at fb, have a few sets where he gets to play fullback.
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Mar 22, 2017 13:24:53 GMT -6
G A Moore Joe DeFranco for training Shawn liotta Jody weber DeFranco got me thinking I'd like to hear Boyd Epley I e heard Boyd, years ago at a glazier clinic in Dallas. Bobby stroupe of Apec would be another great one to listen too
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Mar 20, 2017 11:30:40 GMT -6
G A Moore Joe DeFranco for training Shawn liotta Jody weber
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Mar 20, 2017 11:26:44 GMT -6
And if u ran track, u just missed a week of it, 2 weeks if you qualified for state .
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Mar 20, 2017 11:19:45 GMT -6
I coach in a state that doesn't allow for Spring Football. I wanted to know, for you guys that do have it, how do you manage to do it with your multi-sport athletes? What time frame (what month or months) does it cover? Here, you can't start "official" spring ball till all the spring sports your school participates in are over. Now when I was in school, we started "spring" ball, helmets only. On May 1st, went 2:15-3:15 during the athletic period, no special teams, really some indo and team against shields. I actually don't think we were suppose to use shields but we were in bfe so nobody cared.
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Mar 13, 2017 16:19:58 GMT -6
I have a silly question: When do you usually listen to the podcasts?.I can't imagine myself just sitting in a chair listening to it put it on your iPhone and plug it into your car speaker? I had about 7 hours of drive time this weekend so I listened to about 12 different Joe Daniels podcast episodes. Felt like a good way to be somewhat productive with time that would have otherwise been lost. I listen while either doing yard work or lifting instead of music
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Mar 12, 2017 12:08:00 GMT -6
Well we made it yesterday
Been at dw since 10:30, not too bad
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Mar 6, 2017 8:12:32 GMT -6
Why, I wonder then, do I see so many teams come out and do Static Stretching for their Halftime warm-up? We don't, never have in 16 years, only active dynamic warmup And if the kids feel they "need" to stretch that's on them, they do it on their own
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Mar 2, 2017 13:59:17 GMT -6
I get that 5085. I also think that the toughness instilled in them by demanding in the weight room etc. isn't happening in other sports on our campus. I think if there was a full circle demanding of that...kids might give football a try...because they are athletic. I think they have a fear of the unknown...like...what to do in the weight room. Football offers a kid who have never played before a lot of different opportunities to show off the skill they have. I'm not calling these kids soft...because I don't know what they are. That's why this is tough...because it's like an onion when it comes to having them try. Lots of layers. I tell my own kids that what I'd like to see from them leaving the school is that you tried things and went really hard and don't have regrets when it's over. I think there will be a lot of regret that some of these kid will have...because they weren't pushed very hard. Not there fault...I just wish they'd extend themselves a bit more. Whether they SHOULD or not...they don't know if they COULD. Any way...I'm ramblin. Keep the good stuff coming. Helps me formulate my plan. I totally get what both you and 5085 are saying. We practice 5 days a week during summer for 3 hours a day in afternoon heat that is tickling 100 degrees for a large part of the summer. On top of that, we're on a turf field so add another 20+ degrees. Other than the CIF mandated 3 week break they don't get any time off. Kids tell me they just don't want to sweat their balls off "wasting their summer" to play 10 games for a HC they "think is a prig". They think the reward is not worth it. They can join the basketball team and practice indoors 3 days a week and play in multiple tournaments all summer or they can join baseball, have morning workouts 3 days a week and play in multiple tournaments all summer - and then be even better for those sports when regular season rolls around. As a kid I loved football but I'm not sure I could have argued with that logic. We have a ton of kids that "should" be playing but they just don't want to. It's a different world. I anxiously await you more experienced guys to enlighten this stooge. Is that lifting , speed training and a little football? 3 hours is a lot for summer, 5 days a week And I'm from the Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas area where football is king ding-a-ling
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Mar 2, 2017 9:50:20 GMT -6
Anybody ever went and done this for credit hours?
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Feb 27, 2017 15:01:09 GMT -6
Coach...I don't think those deductions accumulate a $2,000 tax saving. Keep in mind those deductions you mentioned (uniform expense) are :1 ) somewhat questionable and would be based on a tax court's definition of everyuse 2) are subject to a 2% floor of your AGI. And if you are spending $2,000 out of pocket on coaching expenses..OUCH! My sympathies. Now, you are correct, if you get a 1099, and fill out a Schedule C on your taxes, you could deduct things as a "professional coaching company". However, the district probably would (and SHOULD) give a w-2 and not a 1099 on that based on the definition of employee vs contract labor. When I talk about a $2k tax savings I am not just talking about coaching. I am talking about an accountant saving me money on my entire tax situation. My accountant helped me to structure some things to be more advantageous at tax time. If you itemize it helps to consult an expert who can help in tax planning and preparation. In NYC we had some coaches who were paid by our booster club. They got a 1099. If you speak at a clinic you get a 1099 for your speaking fee. Any expenses that are not reimbursed can offset your 1099-MISC income. I am thankful my accountant helps me navigate these waters. Taxes are complicated and a pain in the rear. I am not nearly an expert and know very little about taxes (and a lot of other stuff). This is simply my experience with a very good accountant. Correct
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Feb 27, 2017 14:58:51 GMT -6
My accountant told me you can deduct any expenses you have that are not reimbursed by your employer. Coaching shirts, shorts, shoes, jackets, etc. can be deducted as uniform expenses. Union and professional organization dues for state associations can be deducted. He said you can deduct milage and fees for clinics, as well as meals and hotels. If you go to a college to watch spring practice you can deduct those costs as well. If you are a stipend coach who gets a 1099 you can deduct all coaching expenses directly related to your 1099. Again, that is from my accountant. He is an expert with taxes. It is worth paying an accountant a few hundred $$$ for the $2k in tax savings I get each year. They will give you the best advice. You can keep a simple log of expenses on your phone or on your computer. I use my phone to take a picture of receipts. They save to the cloud so I have them if I get a new phone or lose mine. In my state u can take a 200 deduction for teaching supplies and deduct all coaching supplies too. And mileage to clinics that's not reimbursed. My guy said just keep a note book and write everything down in it, and save receipts When u can.
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Feb 27, 2017 11:40:52 GMT -6
Place I was at , it ran north -south, we had the "worlds highest hill" yes there is such a thing. And at about 7:05 ish the sun would be behind it. Temp would drop at least 15-20 degrees from pregame.
The other 3 I have been at run east-west
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Feb 22, 2017 15:56:36 GMT -6
I was taking about actually using the car seat on the plane.
Somebody had mentioned u can strap it in the seat and let your kids ride in it to be more comfortable. And we heard u can bring a stroller has a carry on? True?
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Feb 21, 2017 21:44:53 GMT -6
So does he have a class set of books?
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Feb 21, 2017 21:38:59 GMT -6
Ok flying Layover in Atlanta , Now does all the airlines let u bring a car seat? I guess that counts as your carry on?
And what do I need to do to set up a "princess" lunch ?
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Feb 10, 2017 10:40:30 GMT -6
In that case we can't separately judge morale and playing to the whistle. It's also body language, walking to and from the huddle, if somehow he saw the halftime warmup, that can tell u a lot. Walking around, just coming out and sitting on the bench etc
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